Trade Fair Travel, a specialist travel agency for trade fairs internationally and in particular Germany, in conjunction with the SA German Chamber of Industry and Castings SA have put together a very reasonable tour package to visit this exhibition.

Trade Fair Travel is also able to offer you individual packages, tailored to your requirements. For more information contact Peter Stephenson on the number above. Booking forms can also be downloaded from the website.

Due to the extremely positive response from clients who travelled in 2011, we were asked by numerous clients to again book rooms at the Lindner Hotel Rheinresidenz. Although the hotel has been taken over by the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) and renamed the Indigo Hotel (www.hotelindigo.com) we are pleased to confirm that we are holding a substantial room allotment*.

The hotel is located a short walk from the banks of the River Rhine, and a 15 minute walk to the Alstadt and famous shopping at Konigsallee. The “U” Bahn station, “Nordstrasse” is located 350m from the hotel and then a seven minute journey direct to Messe Düsseldorf.

* Due to the extreme booking conditions placed on us by the Indigo Hotel, we are required to pay for all rooms sold by the 10th December 2014. For this reason we will invoice all clients for the accommodation before this date and all unsold rooms will be returned to the hotel. Bookings after this date will subject to availability.

On arrival, you will be met by our driver who will transfer you by private coach to the 2 star, tourist class Ibis Hotel Hauptbahnhof (www.ibishotel.com).

As the name implies, the hotel is adjacent to the main rail station, where the journey time to Messe Düsseldorf is only 15 minutes. The famous Old Town (Altstadt) and Konigsallee are a short walk away. Accommodation is reserved in twin bed or single rooms, with buffet breakfast. Holders of fair entrance tickets are allowed free travel on the Düsseldorf transport network. The cost of these tickets will only be known early next year. We will be pleased to order the tickets at the advertised price.

Optional extras

• Special reduced domestic add on fares available
• Passengers wishing to extend their stay may do so at an additional cost
• Passengers wishing to travel to London or other cities, may do so on payment of the additional fare

N.B. No refunds given to passengers not utilising airport transfers and Trade Fair Travel regret they are unable to accept payment by credit card.

Entrance passes allow free public transportation
For GIFA, METEC, THERMPROCESS AND NEWCAST 2015, Messe Düsseldorf offers a service to all exhibitors and attendees: Visitor, exhibitor and press entrance passes allow free use of all public transportation within Düsseldorf on all days of the shows.

The entrance passes can be used as a free public transportation ticket on all buses, streetcars, underground trams (U-Bahn), urban railways (S-Bahn) and the German rail service within the Rhine-Ruhr regional network (VRR). This region extends north to south from Dorsten to Langenfeld and east to west from Dortmund to Mönchengladbach.

Further details on the entrance tickets and ordering of the exhibition catalogues can be obtained from the Southern African German Chamber of Trade and Industry on TEL: 011 486 2775, email: info@germanchamber.co.za or visit the website: www. germanchamber.co.za